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What is Diabetes Mellitus?

What is Diabetes Mellitus? This is an abnormal endocrine gland secretion state. In this, less amount of insulin is secreted and so this condition enhances the state of keeping his sugar value in the blood, high starch in blood, and high fat metabolism in blood are happening. Normally, blood sugar in the blood should be released out to the cells to give energy and this process is affected by diabetes mellitus, as there is less amount of insuling in blood to do this process. Diabetes mellitus is of two types, such as, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. We will now see what are type 1 and type 2 diabetes one by one. Types of Diabetes Mellitus: 1. Type 1 diabetes: The another name of this diabetic condition is insulin-dependent diabetes or IDDM in short. In this abnormal state, the special cells named beta islet cells in the pancreas are destroyed and so less insulin is produced in the pancreas. IDDM makes the patient lean, as there is more fat metabolism in the liver. The treat